Artefaqs Corporation Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 I just saw something on another web site that I thought would be great and pretty easy to implement in a future version of Invision Board. On this web site: http://typophile.com/node/28658 you can see that the "Who's Online" is a grid of miniature avatars instead of the list of names that IPB currently uses. It would be great to have this option in the next version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UBERHOST.NET Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 It's kinda cool, I guess, but that sort of thing will always be a mod instead of built-in, IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigs Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 Thing is a lot of people don't use avatars... and how does it work if people have avatars turned off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyF Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 Me worries about bandwidth and the delay in getting the script to re-size them to a small size ^_^ Plus as Zigzag has a very good point, some people do not have avatars ;) I think it would make a nice mod though for those who wanted it as Rick has said. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artefaqs Corporation Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Waiting for a re-size shouldn't be an issue. The forum software can create a thumbnail when a user updates their avatar. It could even use just one file for this, overwriting it when changes are made so there would only be one tiny additional avatar file for each user instead of a growing library of mini avatars. People without an avatar could still be displayed as text along with the avatar blocks, either in-line or after or before. A simple drop-down box in the settings could offer: Who's Online ListDo not display Text only Avatars only All All with text first All with avatars first I'm one of those people who won't use non-IPB add-ins, so I hope that Invision decides to support this minor change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoLeRiNe` Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 -1 more bw more cpu force more slowly forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TestingSomething Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Would probably be nice. I honestly so rarely even use that area though. I wonder how many even ever view it. edit: nevermind, I thought you meant the online lists you get to by clicking last click, for example. If you mean the bottom of the index page, that would get cluttered on busy sites, I would assume though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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